1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Keith Bank, Founder CEO at KB Partners (Part 3)

Sramana Mitra: Let’s talk about some of the digital businesses in sports tech. 

Keith Bank: One that I’m particularly proud of and where we’ve got a lot of activity right now is Phenix. This came to me in a very unusual way. My son was in the commercial real estate business. One day he said, “I like what I’m doing and I’m doing well, but I think I want to go to work for an early-stage tech company.” He did and he found this company.

516th 1Mby1M Roundtable Recording on January 21, 2021: With Padmaja Ruparel, Indian Angel Network

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Roundtable Recap: January 21, 2021: Evolution of the Indian Startup Eco-system

During this week’s roundtable, we had as our guest Padmaja Ruparel, Co-founder, Indian Angel Network and Founding Partner, IAN Fund. The Indian startup eco-system has grown tremendously, and IAN has contributed heavily in that evolution.

WolfPack

As for entrepreneur pitches, up first we had Jonathan Chashper from Rockville, Maryland, pitching WolfPack,  a group travel app.

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1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Keith Bank, Founder CEO at KB Partners (Part 2)

Sramana Mitra: I’m going to get to talking about specific trends and specific companies in a moment. I just want to clarify one thing which is the stage issue. Give us a sense of what is your definition of seed.

What do you like to see by way of validation before you’re willing to write a check? What sized checks do you write as your first check?

1Mby1M Virtual Accelerator Investor Forum: With Keith Bank, Founder CEO at KB Partners (Part 1)

Keith Bank is Founder CEO at KB Partners, a venture firm focused on sports technology.

515th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Mark Achler, MATH Venture Partners

Mark Achler, MATH Venture Partners, focuses on B-to-B selling as a key factor in startup success.

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515th Roundtable Recording on January 14, 2021: With Mark Achler, MATH Venture Partners

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514th 1Mby1M Entrepreneurship Podcast With Venktesh Shukla, Monta Vista Capital

Venktesh Shukla is General Partner at Monta Vista Capital. I have known Venk for more than 20 years, and we discussed both industry trends and his fund strategy.

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